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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jul 5, 2021
July 5, 2021
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Pushed back: “Downton Abbey 2” has been moved back three months, from the end of this year to March 18th of next year (2022). Word is most of the original cast will be back for the sequel.
Top five movies this weekend:
1. "F9: The Fast Saga," $32.8 million
2. "The Boss Baby: Family Business," $23 million
3. "The Forever Purge," $15.8 million
4. "A Quiet Place Part II," $5.5 million
5. "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard," $3.9 million
Today is the day JEFF BEZOS leaves Amazon as CEO. How much will he have in his retirement fund? Try $197 billion. But don't worry too much about him finding something to do with all his spare time --CNBC sez he'll still work for initiatives like the Bezos Earth Fund, his Blue Origin spaceship company, the Washington Post and the Amazon Day 1 Fund.
JOEY CHESTNUT set a new record yesterday at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest --76 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. That beat last year's 75 hot dog record.
England's PRINCE CHARLES shared his favorite songs during a special broadcast which aired yesterday as part of a national Thank You Day to celebrate people who helped respond to the coronavirus pandemic. You may not remember any of these, but some of them are real oldies:
"Givin' Up, Givin' In - The Three Degrees
"Don't Rain On My Parade - Barbra Streisand
"La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
"Upside Down - Diana Ross
"Lulu's Back In Town - Dick Powell
"They Can't Take That Away From Me - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and others... -
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